Block #61 For Kelly S

This birdie is dedicated to Kelly S. Kelly is a friend and former co-worker of mine. I had a hard time picking a topic for Kelly tonight. Kelly probably doesn’t know this, but I look up to her. She is a strong woman of god and she exudes this in her every behavior, without even trying. I once had someone say these words to me “Oh, I didn’t know you went to church”. That phrase killed me. But it’s completely on the money, I think of Kelly and no one would ever say that to her. I still have a lot of spiritual discipline and growth ahead of me to get to where she is in her life. But I am thankful to have examples like her in mine.

One Funny Story

About a year ago we were remodeling our old house and Kelly came by to check it out. I have never been (up until that point) a more embarrassed puppy mom until that night. Kelly had a pair of pants on and Misty Dog was obsessed with them. She liked the feel of the fabric and wouldn’t give Kelly a moments peace. And to say that I have never been more embarrassed of my dog is saying something when you consider we have nick named her “poop head fred” and she fully understands the following command: “Not In Public, Misty!”.

After my surgery this fall, Kelly offered to bring over a meal for us. She was my only friend to do this. However, I must confess that the rest of them are fully aware that I don’t do the cooking ’round here. Anyway… Before she came over, my husband says, you think we should put Misty outside after what happened last time. I replied “No, I mean what are the odds she will be wearing those same pants?” I have learned in life that if you have to say “what are the odds” before something, it will probably happen.

So Kelly… Please accept this dedication as my thank you for being good friend and my apologies for my overly familiar dog. (Still so embarrassed…)

Credit:
My husband picked these fabrics.

Date Made: March 2nd, 2015
Block #61
Days on Project: 61
Blocks Made: 61
Husband’s Picks: 23

For Kelly S.

Block #60 for Mike H.

Tonight I fixed the bird I hosed last night. I am sick, so it was the most I could do. Sitting on the couch and feeling sorry for yourself takes a lot of work…

After I made this one I asked my husband who it should go to. He says “Mike, you know Kristi’s husband, ’cause he hooked you up with that body shop guy.” And you know what, he is right. This bird should definitely go to Mike.

It Pays To Know People

After I banged up my car, I didn’t know who to trust fixing it. It was my baby and I wasn’t going to take it to one of the cattle call’s my dealership would have sent me to. I knew it would be weeks in a rental before I got it back. So I asked Kristi for “Mike’s Guy” and he sent me to this paint and body shop. It was not in the nicest part of town and the owner was a man of very few words. I left my baby with a guy I didn’t know, and was terrified all weekend. I dropped it off on a Thursday and got it back on a Tuesday. Amazing. It’s like that whole thing never happened. Just a bad dream…

And now, I’ve “got a guy”.

Date Made: March 1st, 2015
Block #60
Days on Project: 60
Blocks Made: 60

For Mike H.

Block #59 For Lori P.

So… I did it again. I am using a test bird. This is the last one that I will use as the other one I have is a fabric repeat. Why am I using a testing bird? Well, I am not feeling well, but despite that, I sat down and made a bird. Then before I sewed the three sections together, I noticed that I had sewn a scrap into a seam in the very middle of the biggest section. I had already pulled the paper off. For those of you who understand paper pricing, you know this was an unrecoverable error. What is frustrating is that it was the second time I did it. I found the first one earlier and was able to fix it. So… keep your workspace clean or you will screw up and be sad. Like me.

Lori is my pet sitter. When we moved to the burbs we had no clue how we were going to manage working so far from home with our pups. Lori comes in once a day and lets them out and we are very grateful to have her. Thank you Angie’s List!!

A Funny Story

Each day Lori comes in she signs a book to let us know she was there. It is our main way of communicating with her. In the beginning her notes were fairly verbose. Now, it’s usually just the date, a check mark and her name. We indulged in some easter candy and I left 2 candies on the book for her. She didn’t take them and she didn’t comment. I came home and saw them still there and I was hungry, so I ate one. (yes just like Forest “I ate some…”). I left the last one on her book. The next night I see this:

“2/24 Are you trying to tempt me? Lori” with an arrow drawn, pointed at the last candy.

My Response

“2/24 Yes. Do It.”

The next night, the candy was gone. Her Response:

“2/25 I did. LOL”

Date Made: February 28, 2015
Block #59
Days on Project: 59
Blocks Made: 60

For Lori P.

Block #58 For Megan D.

It’s a late birdie tonight! If I don’t type quickly, it will be tomorrow. Tonight’s bird is dedicated to Megan D. This bird is brown, brown makes me think of the squirrels in the yard, squirrels make me think of Megan. So there you go…

Megan hates squirrels. I mean really, really hates squirrels. I’m not making fun of her; everyone has “a thing” and that is one of hers. That doesn’t mean I don’t have to fight the urge to send every cute squirrel picture her way.

A Funny Story

Many moons ago, Kristi, Megan and I worked together. Kristi and I were at work when Megan called. Apparently a squirrel had gotten into her apartment and she couldn’t get it out. So we went over there to see what we could do. Nothing worked. We mostly just tried shooing it with a broom but couldn’t get it near the door for anything. At one point, the squirrel got too close to the hot water heater (no… don’t go there… there is no baked squirrel in this story). The hot water heater had a big label sticker on it that was in the process of falling off and the squirrel got stuck to it. So it was frantically trying to get off the sticker and away from the broom. It was chaos. Kristi, who I don’t think is afraid of anything, grabs a towel, throws it over the squirrel, rips it off the sticker and throws it out the door. Seriously…

We look down at where the squirrel was and there is what looks like a tail still on the sticker! We go outside and find the small squirrel clinging to the side of the house, terrified, and bald…

Date Made: February 27, 2015
Block #58
Days on Project: 58
Blocks Made: 60

For Megan D.

Block #57 For Jenny K.

We are going old-school tonight with this little guy. He is dedicated to Jenny K. There are at least 6 “Jennifer”s in my list and 2 of them are “Jennifer K”. Luckily, this one went by “Jenny”.

Jenny was one of my best friends in Jr. High and High School. Some of my fondest memories were of hanging out with her. From catching bugs at her grandma’s to walking down to the burger joint at lunch, we had a blast.

We both moved away. I moved a bit further and I had lost touch with her and most of my high school friends, until Facebook…There have been many times when I have been tempted to delete my Facebook account. Sometimes it feels wrong to watch peoples lives but not be in them. And all the time it feels like a colossal time-suck. But when I think about all the old high school buddies I have reconnected with, I have a hard time giving it up. And… where would all these birds go….

Date Made: February 26, 2015
Block #57
Days on Project: 57
Blocks Made: 59

For Jenny K.

Block #55 For Karen S.

Karen S. is one of my quilting mentors. I met her at the same now defunct appliqué bee that I mentioned in a previous post. She lets me email her with questions and always gives me good advice.

She is an amazing long arm quilter and has quilted 3 of my more special quilts. You know when you make something and you stand back and look at it and think “whoa – this kinda rocks” and you are immediately afraid you are going to screw it up in the quilting? That’s when I call Karen. I trust her completely and I don’t usually even make a suggestion on the quilting. I just let her do what ever she wants. And it always turns out amazing.

Here are my quilts that she has quilted:

Riley’s Quilt

Luc’s Quilt Detail

Fire and Ice

Date Made: February 24, 2015
Block #55
Days on Project: 55
Blocks Made: 57

For Karen S.